FORMER leader of the Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND, Mr. Henry Okah, yesterday, accused the President Goodluck Jonathan-led government of instigating his arrest and prosecution in South Africa over October 1 twin bomb blasts in Abuja, because he allegedly refused to do the bidding of the government.

THE Igbo Students Association, yesterday, cautioned the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, to drop its plan to endorse a particular presidential candidate for the 2011 election, saying the organisation should remain neutral to ensure its relevance

ABIA State government has launched a verbal attack on the President of Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, Mr. Joseph Daudu, SAN, over media report credited to him to the effect that he called for the declaration of a state of emergency in the state on account of the insecurity which engulfed the state until a joint-military task force moved in last week to sanitize the situation.

The senator, representing Anambra Central in the Senate, Annie Okonkwo, has described as tragic the sequence of criminals’ kidnap of innocent pupils in Aba and the latest bombing in Abuja during the country’s Golden jubilee celebrations

THE police yesterday cordoned off the gate of Government House in Awka, Anambra State, following last Sunday’s threat via text messages that bomb would explode at the complex within 60 hours if the strike embarked upon by the staff of Anambra State University, ANSU, was not called off.